Business Institutions

Arriving in Baltimore for college in 2004 from her native New York City, Vienna DeGiacomo assumed she would quickly head back north after graduating from Goucher College. But nearly three years after receiving her English degree, DeGiacomo, 24, is...

Text of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, as provided by the White House: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests and fellow Americans: Last month, I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed...

If you believe that you've been the victim of identity theft or similar fraud, you need to act immediately. Your first step is to verify that such a crime has taken place, and the easiest way to do that is to obtain a copy of your credit report. Americans...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans said Wednesday that a new government agency designed to protect consumers from problems with mortgages, credit cards and other lenders has too much power. They also criticized it for participating in a federal-...

SAN DIEGO -- A former supervisor at a credit union on the Camp Pendleton base was sentenced Monday to 18 months in federal prison for stealing $100,000 from the financial institution. Erin Diane Lovellette, 31, was also ordered by U.S. District Judge...

Officials at United Bank and Trust Company are urging their customers, and non-customers alike, to exercise caution after the bank received reports of a phone scam, according to a press release sent Thursday. The “Voice Phishing,” or “...

With identity fraud on the increase, the federal government is stepping up efforts to make sure businesses are on the alert — especially financial institutions and other companies that issue credit cards. The government says that businesses have...

Full text, as usual, of President Barack Obama's news conference....

Mark Zuckerberg may have made a few enemies on his way to making more than 600 million friends on Facebook. "The Social Network" may not have been as popular at the Oscars as "The King's Speech." But Zuckerberg might want......

You've probably heard by now about the security breach at Epsilon that resulted in the theft of email addresses. While that may not seem like a big deal, people with fraudulent intentions can use those addresses to further their evil......

A proposed law that would have ended "dual track" foreclosures in California failed to win a key vote in Sacramento on Wednesday. The California bill, SB 729, would have required a lender to fully evaluate a borrower for a loan......

Think poverty is exclusively an urban or rural issue? Not so, according to a new study that indicates poverty is on the rise in the …...